"It's strange. Is this Yang Ling really willing to surrender?"
Seeing Yang Ling being so obedient, Cao Pi felt a little uneasy.
After all, he had suffered from Yang Ling too many times before.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Yancai (Zhu Shuo) has followed your Majesty's wishes and demolished all the houses around Yangling and built four more high platforms. The situation in Yangling's mansion can be seen at a glance."
Sima Yi smiled and said,
"In addition, Xia Houen and Xia Houjie have personally inspected both the food and clothing transported inside and the filthy items transported outside."
"Without His Majesty's order, not to mention Yang Ling himself, not even the servants in his house can come in or out."
"Under such a situation, even if Yang Lingkong has some skills, what can he do?"
Cao Pi pondered for a moment and then asked,
"Where are Gan Ning, Guan Yu and others? Did they do anything?"
"Replying to Your Majesty, there is nothing unusual."
Sima Yi smiled and said,
"They all follow Yang Ling's lead. Yang Ling is already a bird in the cage. What can they do?"
After hearing what he said, Cao Pi felt relieved.
"Judging from this, Yang Ling must have accepted his fate!"
"Your Majesty, even if he accepts his fate, we cannot let him go."
Sima Yi carefully reminded,
"This man is very resourceful, we must not give him any chance!"
"You are right, but we must not act too hastily at the moment."
Cao Pi sighed and said angrily,
"In recent days, officials from various places have sent me many memorials, all pleading for Yang Ling."
"If we act in a hurry, I'm afraid there will be trouble!"
After learning that Yang Ling was punished by Cao Pi for treason, Ma Teng, the governor of Liangzhou, Liu Cong, the governor of Jingzhou, and Xian Yufu, the governor of Youzhou, all wrote memorials to plead for Yang Ling.
In addition, people like Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang, Cao Zhen and others also made suggestions one after another.
Even Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and other clan generals, who were old and terminally ill, wrote memorials despite their illness.
No matter how willful Cao Pi was, he would not dare to act recklessly when faced with so many people interceding for Yang Ling.
"What Your Majesty said is that Yang Ling has become a trapped beast now. We can let him go first and start with His Majesty's two brothers."
Sima Yi chuckled.
"How are your arrangements going?"
Cao Pi asked in a low voice.
"Reporting to your majesty, King Dong'a is quite easy to attack. I have bribed his servants to poison his food."
"As short as two to three months, as long as half a year, King Dong'a will definitely fall ill and die."
Sima Yi said with a sinister smile.
"very good!"
Cao Pi nodded with satisfaction and asked again,
"Where's King Rencheng?"
He was more worried about Cao Zhang than Cao Zhi.
Who would have thought that when Cao Cao died, Cao Zhang led his troops back to Xudu, looking like he was going to usurp the throne.
In addition, Cao Zhang's bravery far surpassed that of Cao Pi.
It can be said that in Cao Pi's heart, the one who made him wary the most was Yang Ling, followed by Cao Zhang!
"The King of Rencheng is having some difficulties."
Sima Yi had a look of helplessness on his face and explained,
"He is cautious, and the guards around him are loyal. It would be extremely difficult to poison him."
Cao Pi frowned when he heard this, paced back and forth, and said a little irritably,
"I don't care, you have to think of some way quickly, not only to get rid of King Ren, but also to leave no clues!"
His request put Sima Yi in quite a difficult position.
Fortunately, Sima Yi was a smart man, and after pondering for a moment, he came up with an idea.
"Reporting to your majesty, it would be better to have this. I can order someone to build a wine pot with a mechanism inside."
"As long as the mechanism is activated, poisonous wine will be poured out."
"At that time, Your Majesty can invite King Ren to the banquet and drink a pot of wine with him."
"No matter how smart King Ren is, he would never have thought that there would be a mystery in the wine pot."
"In this way, when he is poisoned and dies, Your Majesty can declare to the outside world that he died of a sudden illness, and no one in the world will doubt His Majesty!"
Cao Pi's eyes lit up, he put his palms in his hands and laughed,
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
"Let me tell you, Zhongda's intelligence is not inferior to Yang Ling's at all!"
"I'll leave this matter to you, and be sure not to leak it to anyone. When it's done, I will definitely reward you heavily!"
Sima Yi smiled slightly and said respectfully,
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
But in his heart he was quite dissatisfied.
Cao Pi was able to kill even his brothers Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi, as well as Yang Ling who had made great contributions to Cao Wei.
Knowing so much of Cao Pi's dirty black history, wouldn't he kill him in the future?
Anyway, just take this opportunity to eliminate Cao Pi's cronies.
One day, I might be able to become a powerful minister!
…
In the following time, Sima Yi built a wine pot with a mechanism inside.
According to his plan, Cao Pi invited Cao Zhang to the palace to drink.
Although Cao Zhang was cautious by nature, he did not expect that the wine jug held by Cao Pi himself would contain poisonous wine!
After Cao Zhang died, Cao Pi announced that he was suffering from a sudden illness.
Although everyone had doubts, they had no real evidence and didn't say anything.
However, when Cao Pi was secretly rejoicing, bad news came one after another.
Ma Teng, the governor of Liangzhou, drove away the court officials and cut off all contact with Xudu.
Although he did not explicitly declare rebellion, he said that the court must release Yang Ling.
When Cao Pi learned the news, he became furious.
He immediately assigned Cao Zhen to lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Liangzhou.
However, before Cao Pi could take a breath, Liu Cong of Jingzhou, with the support of Cai Yu, declared his disobedience to the court's jurisdiction in the name of standing up for Yang Ling!
Liangzhou rebelled. After all, it was a long way away and could not threaten Xudu.
But Jingzhou is different. Nanyang County is very close to Xudu! .
Cao Pi was shocked and quickly sent Xiahou Shang and Cao Xiu to lead 50,000 troops from Xudu south to resist Jingzhou.
But at the same time, bad news also came from Jiangdong.
Due to Zhu Shuo's arrogant rule, not only Huang Gai, Lu Xun and other Jiangdong nobles were unhappy, but it also aroused the anger of Peng Shi and other Shanyue people!
The Shanyue people once again gathered their troops and began to resist Cao Wei's rule.
In Zhu Shuo's view, Shan Yue was just a barbarian and not carefree at all.
Therefore, he was a little careless, and coupled with the arrogance of the Jiangdong nobles, he ended up losing several battles in a row. The situation in Jiangdong was in danger!
…
In the palace.
Cao Pi looked quite ugly.
This series of bad news made him very anxious!
"Your Majesty, I feel that... it is really strange that these things have happened."
Chen Qun muttered.
After hearing his reminder, Cao Pi also felt something was wrong.
Ma Teng, Liu Cong and the Shanyue people seemed to have received orders and unanimously chose to resist Cao Wei!
"Zhu Shuo, have you been keeping an eye on Yang Ling's mansion these days?"
Cao Pi asked in a deep voice.
